Walter Mosley is celebrated for his bestselling mystery series featuring Easy Rawlins, yet his expansive bibliography extends into literary fiction, science fiction, and political essays. His writing offers a sharp lens on social and racial dynamics, often set against vivid backdrops. Mosley masterfully explores themes of identity, justice, and moral ambiguity through compelling narratives. His distinctive voice and profound insights into the human condition resonate across genres, captivating a diverse readership.
In a perilous landscape, the citizens of America face the harsh realities of survival amidst chaos and uncertainty. The narrative explores themes of resilience, community, and the human spirit's endurance against overwhelming odds. As characters navigate treacherous circumstances, their relationships and moral dilemmas come to the forefront, highlighting the complexities of life in a fractured society. The story delves into the challenges of maintaining hope and humanity when faced with dire situations.
The protagonist awakens from a long slumber with the unsettling realization that humanity is a destructive virus and he is the Cure. As he grapples with this revelation, Martin experiences a shift into an alternate consciousness, gaining enhanced physical abilities. His newfound strength drives him to fiercely protect his family, the only Black residents in their Hollywood Hills neighborhood, from impending malevolence. The story explores themes of identity, responsibility, and the fight against systemic evil.
In this highly anticipated sequel to the Edgar award winner Down the River
Unto the Sea, Joe King Oliver is entangled in a dangerous case when he's asked
to investigate whether a white nationalist is being unjustly set up.
Following his essential writing guide, This Year You Write Your Novel, award-winning author Walter Mosley delivers an eloquent treatise on the craft of fiction writing--part writing guide, part study of the mechanics of the genre.
From innovative bestselling novelist Walter Mosley comes the return of the beloved Leonid McGill detective series featuring a morally ambiguous P.I. who solves crimes and whose victims are society's most downtrodden. Leonid McGill's spent a lifetime building up his reputation in the New York investigative scene. His seemingly infallible instinct and inside knowledge of the crime world make him the ideal man to help when Phillip Worry comes knocking. Phillip "Catfish" Worry is a 92-year-old Mississippi bluesman who needs Leonid's help with a simple task: deliver a letter revealing the black lineage of a wealthy heiress and her corrupt father. Unsurprisingly, the opportunity to do a simple favor while shocking the prevailing elite is too much for Leonid to resist. But when a famed and feared assassin puts a hit on Catfish, Leonid has no choice but to confront the ghost of his own felonious past. Working to protect his client, and his own family, Leonid must reach the heiress on the eve of her wedding before her powerful father kills those who hold their family's secret. Joined by a team of young and tough aspiring investigators, Leonid must gain the trust of wary socialites, outsmart vengeful thugs, and, above all, serve the truth-- no matter the cost.
Bestselling author Walter Mosley has proven himself a master of narrative
tension, both with his extraordinary fiction and gripping writing for
television. The Awkward Black Man collects seventeen of Mosley's most
accomplished short stories to showcase the full range of his remarkable
talent.
Walter Mosley's Leonid McGill series is the best-kept secret in crime fiction:
an explosive new McGill from Walter Mosley, creator of the internationally
bestselling Easy Rawlins series.
In this gritty, fast-paced crime novel, a resilient ex-con seeks redemption and uncovers a web of high-stakes secrets as Detective Leonid McGill tries to prove her innocence.Zella Grisham never denied shooting her boyfriend. That’s not why she did eight years of hard time on a sixteen-year sentence. It’s that the shooting inadvertently led to charges of grand theft. Talk about bad luck.Leonid McGill has reasons to believe she’s innocent. But reopening the case is only serving to unsettle McGill’s private life even further—and expose a family secret that’s like a kick to the gut.As the case unfolds, as the truth of what happened eight years ago becomes more damning and more complex than anyone dreamed, McGill and Zella realize that everyone is guilty of something, and that sometimes the sins of the past can be too damaging to ever forget. Or ever forgive.
